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3 FOOD ESTABLISHMENT PLAN REVIEW FEE SCHEDULE AND POLICY ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION Effective Date: GENERAL: • Effective September 30, 2002, local health departments are enabled by the North Carolina General Assembly to charge a fee for plan review of food service establishments as required by T15A: 18A .2600 - "Rules Governing the Sanitation of Restaurants And Other Foodhandling Establishments." • This ability to charge fees does not extend to those facilities whose plans are reviewed and approved by the State of North Carolina as prototypical franchises or chain facilities. • The maximum fee for a plan review is two hundred dollars ($200.00) FEES: • The fee for any plan review shall be submitted in full with the plan. • Staff are not able to take fees in the field. • Graduated fees for facilities will be determined by the following scale: Seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for facilities with a total facility area of 1,500 square feet or less. One hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for facilities with a total facility area of greater than 1,500 square feet, but less than or equal to 5,000 square feet. Two hundred dollars ($200.00) for facilities with a total facility area of greater than 5,000 square feet. The total facility area shall include all indoor finished area of the facility and the area proposed for any outdoor dining. REFiJNDS: • There will be no partial refund of any fee. • Once the plan review has been initiated by staff, no refund will be made for fees. • There will be no refund of a fee if the plan is rejected, incomplete or otherwise not approved by the staff. • Plans maybe altered, amended or revised without being charged additional fees if the square footage of the facility is not increased above the applicable threshold described in the FEES section above as a result of the changes. In no case will the total fees charged exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00). APPLICABILITY: • Fees maybe assessed to restaurants, food stands, meat markets or other similar facilities that are permitted and inspected by the Orange County Health Department. • Fees will not be assessed to school lunchrooms or catered elderly nutrition sites. • Plans may be required by staff for the following situations: 1. New establishments. 2. Additions, kitchen modifications, changes in floor plans, increases in seating, equipment changes, or other actions that significantly impact the operation of the facility. 3. Change of ownership of the facility requiring a new or transitional permit.